Shipping

[kekkeke_bckuftsab]

How long does eBay give sellers to ship a item?

[richard1rst]

Actually you determine that as part of your listings. What eBay will do is hold you to whatever you state. If you say 1 day and it takes 3 you will get dinged for late shipment. If you state 3 days (as you seem to do now) and you ship in 3 days you will not.

BUYERS on the other hand may shy away if you state too long of a ship time. Everybody wants it NOW!

[soh.maryl]

In addition to that other reply, sellers need to keep this in mind:  The listing will have a last estimated delivery date.  If/when a buyer has not received his purchase on or before that date, he can open an item not received case the next day.  If he does open a case, but tracking shows that it's traveling, eBay may want the buyer to hold off for a day or so which makes sense.  The buyer has 30 days past that EDD to open an INR case.  

[wastingtime101]

Your active listings are displaying a 3 business day handling time @kekkeke_bckuftsab which is what you chose when you set up your listings. So if an item sells today, Wednesday, then 3 business days later is Monday. You'd have to ship by end of day Monday. If that 3 biz day handling time does not work for you, you can revise your fixed price listings at any point before the items sell.

About handling times:

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/shipping/preparing-your-shipment/handling-time

[kekkeke_bckuftsab]

Thank you I'm a buyer not a seller.

[wastingtime101]

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@kekkeke_bckuftsab wrote:

Thank you I'm a buyer not a seller.

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You have 3 items listed for sale.

If you want to see the handling time on a purchase you made you can check the shipping tab on the listing, but really what's important from the buyer's end is the estimated delivery date.

[1tuna]

ebay recommends a maximum of two days handling time

you can have a handling time much longer but ebay says 2 days max is good for a seller

@kekkeke_bckuftsab 

[kekkeke_bckuftsab]

Thanks I'm the buyer though but good to know.

[wastingtime101]

Sellers can set handling anywhere from same day to 40 business days so eBay recommending 2 biz days or less does not mean that’s what your seller applied to the listing @kekkeke_bckuftsab